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Portland State University has agreed to pay $160,000 and to change some policies to settle a lawsuit filed by a deaf student, and another settlement -- that one with the U.S. Justice Department - is pending in the case, The Oregonian reported. The student's complaint said that the university barred her from dormitories with carpeting and biology labs because she uses a service dog. Further, she said that the university failed to intervene when she suffered harassment in the dormitory when people would knock on her door in the middle of the night, knowing that do so would prompt her service dog to wake her up. A statement from the university said: "While we deny the allegations of the complaint, we acknowledge that Ms. Leland's experience was difficult and wish her success as she continues her studies."
